DOCUMENT RESUME ED 364 140 HE 026 937 AUTHOR Dittemore, Margaret, Comp.; And Others TITLE The Higher Education of Women in the South: An Annotated Bibliography. Archival and Bibliographic Series, III. INSTITUTION Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA. Newcomb Coll. Center for Research on Women. PUB DATE 92 NOTE 241p.; Funded in part by a grant from the Newcomb Foundation. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Bibliographies'(131) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Annotated Bibliographies; *Blacks; Books; *Colleges; Doctoral Dissertations; Educational Change; *Educational History; Educational Trends; Higher Education; Masters Theses; Reference Materials; Undergraduate Study; *Universities; *Womens Education IDENTIFIERS *United States (South) ABSTRACT This annotated bibliography lists 635 publications, dissertations, and arcv:Ival sources which examine the history of women's education in the southern United States. A brief history of the education of women in the South precedes the bibliographic listings. le sources range between very general works, scholarly books and .ticles, student and financial records, private papers, and memorabilia of educators and noted alumnae. Secondary sources include a sample of general works which set the larger national stage and a number of more regionally-specific ones, all published between 1874 and 1991. The bibliography includes works on the changing purpose and nature of women's education in the South, the forces (such as the state and religion) for and against women's education, the formal and informal institutions in which education took place, and the women who participated. The primary sources listed represent responses to a mailed questionnaire sent to college and university archives of nine different Southern states. Entries are alphabetical by author. Where there is more than one author for one source, the listing is under the first author, and the others are noted in cross references and in the author index. A subject index is also included. (GLR) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** The HigherEducation of Womenin the South An AnnotatedBibliography compiled by Margaret Dittemore andSusan Tucker wiih an Introductory History bY Amy ThompsonMcCandless UAL DEPARTMENT OfEDUCATION and Improvement Office of Educahonat Research "PERMISS/ON TOREPRODUCE THIS INFORMATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES GRANTED BY CENTER IERICI MATERIAL HAS BEEN 0,..SAIS"Oocument Pas been roprodtrceo es recenved from the oirrsonor orgunizatton MargaretDittemore oopmettnp made to tmprove Shrtor changes have been reproduchon Quaint), Susan Tucker staled m this docu- Po.nts of 'newer oonvOnsrepresent orfIcteI ment do not necessanly EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OEM posdfon or potcy TO THE INFORMATION CENTER(ERICr Archival andBibliographic Serie*, Ill 1992 Newcomb CollegeCenter for Research onWomen Tulane University New Orleans,Louisiana MT COPYMAE 2 The Higher Education of Women in the South: An Annotated Bibliography compiled by Margaret Dittemore and Susan Tucker with an Introductory History by Amy Thompson McCandless AI :lama and Bibliographic Series, III 1992 Newcomb College Center for Research on Women Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana / Address all correspondence to: Newcomb College Center for Research on Women Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana 70118-5698 Telephone: (504) 865-5238 Made possible, in part, by a grant from the Newcomb Foundation Copyright 1992 by Newcomb College Center for Research on Women 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Ac knowledgements iv Preface v-vi Part I - A Brief History of the Education of Women in the South 1-5 Part II - General References 6-12 Part IIIBooks 13-67 Part IV - Essays and Articles 68-132 Part V - Dissertations and Theses 133-160 Part VI - Primay Sources 161-202 Author Index 203-214 Subject Index 215-233 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The compilation of this bibliography would not have been possible without the unfailing help of many people. We wish to thank especially Staci Slattery for her hald work and cheerful nature in tracing down many of the articles and bibliography, for entering some of the data, and for running errands between post offices and desks. We would also like to thank Mary Bitner, Alicia Briggs, Willene Francis, and Barbara White for their help in indexing and proofreading; Janet Riehlmann, for her editing; and Beth Willinger, for her encouragement. Finally, we would like to express our appreciation to the Newcomb Foundation for so generously funding both Staci Slattery's work as a research assistant and the printing of this bibliography. The compilation of any work such as this one requires a patient spirit.All of these individuals, as well as the Foundation, helped us to maintain such a spirit. iv PREFACE This bibliography cites over 600 publications, dissertations, and archival sources which inform the history of women's education in the South. It is hoped that our work in compiling such a listing will stimulate further research and allow scholars access to a history rich in diversity. The history of women's education in the South has not received as much attention as has research on women's education in other parts of the country.Histories and guides to sources have focused primarily on the leadership of Northeastern institutions (especially the role of the Seven Sister colleges) and the coeducational institutions of the Midwest. For example, Women's Studies: A.Bibliogranhv of Dissertations, 1870-1982 records only ten titles readily identifiable as studies of the education of Southern women out of 167 dissertations on the history of education in the United States.' However, the last two decades have seen a deepening interest in women's education in the South, an interest which seeks both to document events and to understand how they were shaped by the region's particular historical experience. These two trends -- one focusing on the Northeast and the Midwest, the other now seeking to include other regions -- offer the opportunity for scholars to ask important themetical questms about MIK past is remembered and explored. Until recent years, most scholars of education have focused on the most successful or the biggest failures from the various women's colleges or coeducational institutions. The past of the average woman student, or even the average woman faculty member, was not emphasized. Yet, this lack of emphasis does not mean that sources are not available.From the great number of sources we located, it appears that the records of the pasts of average women simply have not been considered with the same attention given those documents on the more well-known institutions within the dominant patriarchal culture. And the pastsof Southern women have simply not been considered with the same dedication as the pasts of women in other regions. The sources listed here range between very general works, scholarly books and a-ticles, student and financial records, private papers and memorabilia of educators and noted alumnae. The secondary sources in Parts II-V include a sample of general works which set the larger national stage and a number of more regionally-specific ones, all published between 1874 and 1991. They represent some of the thinking that spanned that time perioa. Included are works concerning the changing purpose and nature of women's education in the South, forces (such as the state and religion) for and against women's education, the formal and informal institutions in which education took place, and the women who participated. The primary sources listed in Part VI represent responses to a mailed questionnaire sent to college and university archives of nine different Southern states. *Gilbert, Victor Francis and Darshan Singh Tat la. Women's Studies: A Bibliography of Dissertations, 1870-1982. See entry number 9 in Part II of this bibliography. V A compilation of this sort raises a great number of unanswered questions which we hope these and other sources will be used to pursue.2 Demographic profiles outlining socio-economic background, race, age, and religion of students in the South tell us much about women's education. Who were the women afforded education in the South? Where did women go to school? Were denominational schools more popular in the South than in other parts of the country? Were private schools more popular than public? What do we know about the complex nature of education for women as conceived of by the dominant society? We know that early women's colleges sought to prepare young women to be guardians of their homes and volunteers in the community while struggling with whether they should be provided with the same academic training and knowledge afforded men. What were the various curricula changes that such an evolving and often conflicting approach entailed?These are important questions for researchers to consider.They might also look at choices of academic majors and electives, the nature and degree of involvement in campus activities, residence patterns, and the degree of institutional support for women's issues. What happened to students after graduation? How were educated women perceived in the South?Regional arguments of opponents and proponents of women's higher education also need to be examined more closely with an eye towards educational influences. Finally, who shaped educational policy? Scholars have begun to look at the make-up of the boards